Complicated Bread and Circuses.

Working inside a government doing new laws, I often wonder why the people who are subject to those laws Don't speak up more.

Sometimes I lean towards The idea that most people see laws as things they can't comprehend. It's as if laws are compartmentalized into a category of things that is just beyond most individuals. They think Laws are complicated. Laws use the strange "legalese" words And are just beyond the average individual.

The fact is though, laws are actually the rules of the game that we all play in society. Would you ever plan monopoly without understanding the rules? If you did, what do you think your chances of winning would be?

And so then I start wondering, why are laws so complicated? Are they, in fact, really that complicated? Or is this something that society has taught the average individual?

We've all seen shows where these really smart lawyers go out and defend some person or where an evil lawyer goes and gets an innocent person jailed because of some complicated convolution of a law. I'm sure this has a lot to do with society's perception of laws in general.

But then, other times, I wonder how many people have taken the time to actually read a law. Has anyone here tried to read one?

Sure, laws require mental effort to understand. It's a little bit like computer code. but a fundamental principle of any legislative effort is to ensure that the laws are clear and concise.

In today's world, where we are swamped with distractions, movies, video games, podcasts, Scandals, Tweets, Easy junk food.... Why would anyone take the time to actually sit down and devote any kind of mental effort to understanding the rules of the game they're playing?

So are laws just complicated or are individuals simply distracted? Maybe it's a combination of both, but I do know that people should understand the net that's being placed around them and should speak out.